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|image= NA020 dimensionriders.jpg
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|series=Virgin New Adventures
|series = Virgin New Adventures
|range = Virgin New Adventures
|range = Virgin New Adventures
|number in range = 20
|number in range = 20
|number= 20
|number= 20
|doctor=Seventh Doctor
|doctor = Seventh Doctor
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
|companions= [[Ace]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]]
|enemy= The [[Garvond]]
|enemy= The [[Garvond]]
|setting= {{il|[[Oxford]], [[1993]]|[[Space Station Q4]], [[2381]]}}
|setting= {{il|[[Oxford]], [[1993]]|[[Space Station Q4]], [[2381]]}}
|writer= [[Daniel Blythe]]
|writer= Daniel Blythe
|cover= [[Jeff Cummins]]
|cover= [[Jeff Cummins]]
|publisher= Virgin Books
|publisher= Virgin Books
|release date= [[18 November (releases)|18 November]] [[1993 (releases)|1993]]
|release date= 18 November 1993
|format= Paperback Book; 27 Chapters, 247 Pages
|format= Paperback Book; 27 Chapters, 247 Pages
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20397-6
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20397-6
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The Doctor quickly discovers he is facing another time-shattering enigma: a creature which he thought he had destroyed, and which it seems he is powerless to stop.
The Doctor quickly discovers he is facing another time-shattering enigma: a creature which he thought he had destroyed, and which it seems he is powerless to stop.
== Chapter titles ==
Prologue - Input
# Time Ghosts
# Perception and Inception
# Atmosphere Normal
# Vertices and Vortices
# Temporal Distraction
# Communication Breakdown
# On the Bridge
# Conversations with the Dead
# Far Out and Gone
# Force Majeure
# The Riders
# Information Technology
# Incubus
# Cracks
# Echoes
# Into the Vortex
# Come as You Are
# Focus
# The Link
# Locations and Dislocation
# Control
# Ship of Time
# Architecture and Mortality
# Undiscovered Country
# Reflections
Epilogue - Output


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Brad Gillespie]]
* [[Brad Gillespie]]
* [[Drew McCarran]]
* [[Drew McCarran]]
* [[Jed Symdon]]
* [[Carden]]
* [[Larsen (The Dimension Riders)|Larsen]]
* [[Gessner]]
* [[Rost (The Dimension Riders)|Rost]]


=== Space Station Q4 ===
=== Space Station Q4 ===
* [[Septimus Ballantyne]]
* [[Septimus Ballantyne]]
* [[Helina Vaiq]]
* [[Helina Vaiq]]
* [[Cal Pagett]]
* [[Emmi Dasselle]]


=== Oxford ===
=== Oxford ===
* [[James Rafferty|Professor James Rafferty]]
* [[James Rafferty|Professor James Rafferty]]
* [[Epsilon Delta]] aka "The President"
* [[Epsilon Delta]] aka Dr Styles and "The President"
* [[Amanda (The Dimension Riders)|Amanda]]
* [[Amanda (The Dimension Riders)|Amanda]]
* [[Tom Cheynor]]
* [[Tom Cheynor]]
* [[Harry (The Dimension Riders)|Harry]]
* [[Ellen Rocher]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Androids ===
=== Androids ===
* Amanda is a cybernetic [[android]] built by the President.
* Amanda is a cybernetic [[android]] built by the President.
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=== TARDIS ===
=== TARDIS ===
* The [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Blood Heat)|TARDIS]] (from the alternate world) does not entirely trust the Doctor.
* The [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Silurian Earth)|TARDIS]] (from the alternate world) does not entirely trust the Doctor.
* The Doctor's TARDIS can project itself a millisecond into the future through the [[Defence Indefinite Timeloop Option]].
* The Doctor's TARDIS can project itself a millisecond into the future through the [[Defence Indefinite Timeloop Option]].
* The President's TARDIS is a [[Type 102]]. It has a voice-operated lock and a reliable [[chameleon circuit]].
* The President's TARDIS is a [[Type 102]]. It has a voice-operated lock and a reliable [[chameleon circuit]].
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* A [[Prelude The Dimension Riders (short story)|prelude]] to this novel was published in [[DWM 206]].
* A [[Prelude The Dimension Riders (short story)|prelude]] to this novel was published in [[DWM 206]].
* {{Champion}} and [[Artemis (No Future)|Artemis]] make an appearance (behind the scenes) in the prologue and the epilogue.
* {{Champion}} and [[Artemis (No Future)|Artemis]] make an appearance (behind the scenes) in the prologue and the epilogue.
* Despite being released on the month of the 30th anniversary of Doctor Who, nothing in the book commemorate the event.
* Despite being released in the month of ''Doctor Who''<nowiki/>'s 30th anniversary, nothing in the book commemorates the event.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The events mentioned by Amanda correspond to [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'' (the Zygon Gambit), ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' (the Shoreditch Incident) and ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'' (Auderly House).
* The events mentioned by Amanda correspond to [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'' (the Zygon Gambit), ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' (the Shoreditch Incident) and ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'' (Auderly House).
* There are a few references to [[TV]]: ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]''.
* There are a few references to [[TV]]: ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]''.
* Darius Cheynor reappears in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Infinite Requiem]]''.
* Darius Cheynor reappears in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Infinite Requiem (novel)|Infinite Requiem]]''.
 
 
== Cover gallery ==
== Cover gallery ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whona20p.htm Prelude to '''The Dimension Riders''' as published in DWM #206]
* [https://doctorwho.guide/whona20p.htm Prelude to '''The Dimension Riders''' as published in DWM #206]
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* {{whoniverse|na20|The Dimension Riders}}
* {{whoniverse|na20|The Dimension Riders}}
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/dimer.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Dimension Riders''']
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/dimer.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Dimension Riders''']
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv37/beyondthebook.html#dimensionriders Beyond the Book: The Dimension Riders by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 37]
* [http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv37/beyondthebook.html#dimensionriders Beyond the Book: The Dimension Riders by Paul Scoones (Article) - TSV 37]
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The Dimension Riders is the twentieth novel in the Virgin New Adventures series. It was written by Daniel Blythe and featured the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

"Someone here has been playing with time, Ace. Like playing with fire, only worse - you get burnt before you've lit the match."

Abandoning a holiday in Oxford, the Doctor travels to Space Station Q4, where something is seriously wrong. Ghostly soldiers from the future watch from the shadows among the dead. Soon, the Doctor is trapped in the past, Ace is fighting for her life, and Bernice is uncovering deceit among the college cloisters.

What is the connection with a beautiful assassin in a black sports car? How can the Doctor's time machine be in Oxford when it is on board the space station? And what secrets are held by the library of the invaded TARDIS?

The Doctor quickly discovers he is facing another time-shattering enigma: a creature which he thought he had destroyed, and which it seems he is powerless to stop.

Chapter titles[[edit] | [edit source]]

Prologue - Input

  1. Time Ghosts
  2. Perception and Inception
  3. Atmosphere Normal
  4. Vertices and Vortices
  5. Temporal Distraction
  6. Communication Breakdown
  7. On the Bridge
  8. Conversations with the Dead
  9. Far Out and Gone
  10. Force Majeure
  11. The Riders
  12. Information Technology
  13. Incubus
  14. Cracks
  15. Echoes
  16. Into the Vortex
  17. Come as You Are
  18. Focus
  19. The Link
  20. Locations and Dislocation
  21. Control
  22. Ship of Time
  23. Architecture and Mortality
  24. Undiscovered Country
  25. Reflections

Epilogue - Output

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Terran Survey Corp[[edit] | [edit source]]

Space Station Q4[[edit] | [edit source]]

Oxford[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Androids[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Amanda is a cybernetic android built by the President.

Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Events[[edit] | [edit source]]

Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Planets[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor once thought about retiring to Florana.

Time Lords[[edit] | [edit source]]

Time travel[[edit] | [edit source]]

TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This is the second novel in the Alternate Universe arc.
  • A prelude to this novel was published in DWM 206.
  • Mortimus and Artemis make an appearance (behind the scenes) in the prologue and the epilogue.
  • Despite being released in the month of Doctor Who's 30th anniversary, nothing in the book commemorates the event.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]